What's flying coming to!
Since when was it ever the airlines responsibility to feed everyone anyway! Get yoru own food. Hell, it's not as if most people couldn't stand to gain, or lose, a little something by not eating for a few hours.
Taking away the in flight entertainment would be FAR more egregious.
You get inflight entertainment? The only entertaiment on Delta these days is listening to the flight attendants bitch!
I remember when traveling by air was something special, and even in coach class, you got meals that were really quite good, served on nifty plastic plates, but you got real metal silverware, and even these cool plastic salt and pepper shakers that you could take home as souvineers.
Once, when I was about 8 years old, they overbooked my flight from KC to NY, and they had to put me in First Class (I flew alone between my parents once a year since I was about 6). I was amazed at the service! There was a choice for dinner, steak or lasagne (I chose lasagne) and while I didn't get any of the free wine, they did keep me occupied with sodas! The food was delicious, and it was served on real china, and the drinks were served in real glasses.
I also remember that "real" meals were served when the flight would extend past a normal meal time, and they timed the meals to corespond to what you would normally eat. I once took a very early flight (I think it left at 6:30am, and they served a very nice breakfast of eggs, sausage, and pancakes.
Back then, they really catered to the businessman, and used meals to try to make the time spend on the plane a bit more pleasant. Those days are long gone.
Mark
There is no in flight entertainment on most Northwest Domestic flights.
Well, it seems that food is a tranquilizer. It is administered by the flight attendants to calm the 'white knuckle' crowd and make people sedate and quieter (thus making their work easier.)